Fantasy and Reality - Where Do You Draw the Line?
I quoted Gustave Flaubert at the beginning of a novel once, 'There is no truth, only perception.' and it's a statement I find myself thinking about a lot when I look at the world. We all have our own...
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The Beauty and Serenity of Istanbul at Dawn: Photo Series
"If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul." Alphonse de Lamartine I arrived in the oldest part of Istanbul, Sultanahmet, at a cheap, run down, but friendly hotel....
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Review: Kristin Scott Thomas in 'The Audience', Apollo Theatre
Weekly, the Queen meets with the Prime Minister for a private audience. The meeting is not minuted and not witnessed by anyone else. It is a private conversation and a convention the Queen has kept to...
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"We'll Never Give Up!" - One Family's Nine Year Fight to Save Iconic Music...
The climax of nine years protesting against plans to build flats next to an historic and iconic East London pub and music venue is nearing, as the family which owns The George Tavern in Shadwell are...
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Palestine's Freedom Theatre Shines Spotlight on Fighters Dismissed as...
The upcoming UK tour of a Palestinian theatre company has created a stink over its exploration of a group of fighters that took shelter from the Israeli army in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity in...
View ArticleI Can't Be David Bowie
When I was asked to perform David Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World live it was 16 May - my birthday - and little did I know I was about to get the best birthday present ever! I was walking back from...
View Article'Beyond Caring' at the National Theatre: Welcome to the Zero Hour Generation
Ed Miliband, who has now gone to eat a bacon sandwich in peace, was asked an interesting question in the TV debates that led up the election. A man wanted to know whether the Labour Party was going to...
View ArticleMore of a Prosecco Girl Myself
On Saturday I was one of 250 citizens who met at the Queens Street statue of Aneurin Bevan, to protest the Tories' austerity measures, with the Cardiff People's Assembly. Thankfully, it's my democratic...
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Dear Struggling Musician... Is This You?
There was a time when I had never sang at the bedside of someone who was close to dying. Prior to me doing this, singing and making music was about: • Trying to sound cool. • Trying to make my voice...
View ArticleA Royal Night Out (Review)
When the Second World War ended on May 8 1945, London was determined to see the day out with a bang, not a whimper. The whole world appeared to be celebrating - apart from two certain princesses by the...
View ArticleHow to Market a Circus - The Advance Man Book Review
Most circus memoirs are written by performers or showmen. But it doesn't matter how good a show is if there's no audience to see it. The Advance Man by Jamie MacVicar lifts the lid on the work of the...
View ArticleIn Defence of Mumford and Sons
Why is everyone so bloody horrible to Mumford and Sons? Rarely has a band been on the regular receiving end of such an endless stream of verbal manure-hurling. And the intriguing thing, manurologists...
View ArticleWith Friends Like Taylor, Anyone Can Survive Boys in Their Twenties
Naw. Taylor Swift. She had me at Calmly Handling Kanye and Shake It Off, but my girl crush on her has just intensified with the latest pictures of the motherly twenty-five year old offering girlie...
View Article'Ten Good Reasons' Why I'm Touring Again
Today, I announced I am going back on tour to play my debut album 'Ten Good Reasons' for the first time ever. Why am I going back on the road again? Well I've never played some of these songs live ever...
View ArticleOnce Upon A Time
I have a small secret. I have a guilty pleasure. One that I think about lots, even dream about. I am a teeny bit obsessed. The object of my obsession? I blush to write it down. A U.S. TV show called...
View ArticleHow Mindfulness Gave Me Back My Pop Career
Mindfulness started for me back in 2009. Work, a thing that is my passion and my job, started to become anything but enjoyable. I acted as a perfectionist and constantly wanted more and more. Nothing...
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Beyond Bollywood, The Musical Comes to London!
This week saw the opening of the brand new west-end musical 'Beyond Bollywood' making its UK Premiere at the London Palladium, just seconds from Oxford Circus tube. BEYOND BOLLYWOOD IS SHOWING NOW FOR...
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"It's A Bit Like Being A Lifeguard.." - Five Things You Never Knew About...
Lou Whitmore is a forty two year old mother of three from Portsmouth, Hants and the joint creator of the musical festival Mutiny, which takes place at Fontwell Racecourse, Arundel, West Sussex on 17-19...
View ArticleManson Resurrected: New Video for 'The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles'
Marilyn Manson has set loose for us his new video for "The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles", the fourth single off of his latest album 'The Pale Emperor'. It is directed by Francesco Carrozzini who has...
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World War Civil War Portraits - Sara Shamma
Sara Shamma is an internationally acclaimed portrait painter. Among her many awards are the BP Portrait Award 2004 and the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize South Australia 2008. She exhibited at...
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